The Liturgical Guide and Bulletin for Sunday, January 18th, 2026

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

12th Sunday of Luke

Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria

Saint Athanasios the Great was born in AD 295 to poor and virtuous parents, who could not give him a fine secular education. However, God endowed him with many spiritual gifts.
From a very young age, he showed his inclination towards the Church. At the age of 25, he was ordained a deacon by Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria, whom he accompanied to the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in AD 325. He was the main actor in the condemnation of the heterodoxy of Arius.

At the age of 33, he was elected Patriarch of Alexandria in AD 328. During his patriarchal ministry, he was fiercely attacked by the heretical followers of Arius. However, thanks to his spirituality and fervent faith in God, Athanasius managed to emerge victorious from all these trials even from the five exiles imposed on him, as Emperor Constantine II was a follower of Arianism. He reposed in the Lord in peace in AD 373.

Saint Cyril was born in Alexandria in AD 370 to wealthy parents of the Greek community of the city. He lived during the reign of Theodosius the Younger. Cyril, nephew Theophilus of the Archbishop of Alexandria, received theological education and became the successor of his uncle to the patriarchal throne of the Church of Alexandria.
When the Third Ecumenical Council took place in Ephesus in AD 431, Cyril was the president, and he vehemently opposed to the heterodoxy of Nestorius regarding his teaching on the face of the Virgin Mary.

He fell asleep in the Lord on June 9 in AD 444 remaining at the patriarchal throne for about 32 years. Saint Anastasios of Sinai rightly called him the “seal of the Fathers”.

The Church celebrates the two feasts on January 18: the memory of its two Great Fathers and Archbishops of Alexandria, Athanasios the Great, the pioneer against Arianism, and St. Cyril, the pioneer against Nestorianism.

Liturgical Guide

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode
Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον…
Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers’ lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.
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Apolytikion for Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria in the Third Mode
Ἔργοις λάμψαντες Ὀρθοδοξίας…
Shining forth with works of Orthodoxy, ye quenched every false belief and teaching and became trophy-bearers and conquerors. And since ye made all things rich and with true piety, greatly adorning the Church with magnificence, Athanasios and wise Cyril, ye both have worthily found Christ God, Who doth grant great mercy unto all.
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Apolytikion of St. Demetrios in the Third Mode
Μέγαν εύρατο εv τοίς κιvδύvοις …
Greatness has been found in danger. You are champion of the world. A victor who could turn the nations back. You boldly encouraged Nestor to defeat Lyaeus in the arena. Therefore, holy great martyr Demetrios, intercede with Christ our God, to grant us His great mercy.

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode
Ὁ μήτραν παρθενικὴν ἁγιάσας τῶ τόκω σου…
Your birth sanctified a Virgin’s womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16

Brethren, remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their lives, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Gospel Reading

Luke 17:12-19

At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’s feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And he said to him: “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

Memorial Prayer

George Nichols (40 days) Survived by his wife Alexandra, his children Tassia (Mark) and Chris (Raffaella) and by his grandchildren Mason, Taylor, Andriana, Konstantinos, Maximos, and Natalia.

Peggy Tsalickis (40 days) Beloved grandmother of Peggy Zapantis.

Georgia Retsinas (7 years) Beloved mother of Matheo and Thalia Kountouridis.

Trisagion Prayer

Demetrios Kapakos (37 years) Survived by his children, grandchildren and great grandson.

Margarita Plakotarias (23 years) and Markella Kalogrias (6 years) Survived by the Kalogrias family.

Announcements

Loving Stitches
Meeting Wednesday, January 21st at 11:00 AM

Agape Fellowship
Happy New Year! The Agape fellowship will not meet during the month of January due to the preparations for the Festival. See you in February!!!

Mercy Luncheons (Makarias)
As of December 2025 St. Demetrios Church will offer to prepare and serve a Traditional Mercy Luncheon (Makaria) in the church hall for family members who request it. For detailed information please call Diane Paxinos 954-304-5913, or Kiki Sergiou in the Church Office 954-467-1515.

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